- The interactions between Faustus and the Skull are always interesting--watching Faustus testing the waters to see how far he can push the Skull, and perhaps becoming a little overconfident of his own irreplaceability?
- Sam is awesome. Just had to say that.
- "Where I'm from, the good guys fought on the same side, they didn't just start throwing punches at each other." What? You mean like when the original Human Torch first met the Sub-Mariner? :) The hero fight is not a modern phenomenon!
- Why is Clint calling Bucky "kid," anyway? Aren't they supposed to be approximately the same age? Although, actually, just about everybody seems to be doing that. Okay, Tony Stark, maybe he's old enough to get away with it. And Nick Fury, I can easily buy him doing it--in fact, I think at this point Nick is allowed to call anybody "kid." But Clint?
I suspect, though, that it has less to do with relative age than with the fact that for a lot of the folks in the Marvel U, Bucky occupied semi-mythical status for so long that he's still perceived as a kid, even though he hasn't been one for a very long time.
I would imagine, however, that doing so would not be the best way to get on his good side.
- I liked the dream sequence, a good, realistic portrayal of the way things that don't really make sense together tend to meld within a dream. The way it turned from typical dream illogic into something meaningful was nicely done.
- So this is the second issue in a row where Bucky describes himself as a "fast healer." Last time, I assumed he was just trying to downplay his injuries. And maybe it is just something to say in order to not get sidelined, but maybe it's not? The Black Widow is a "fast healer" and they were in the same facility at some point so it's possible that he's had some sort of upgrade at some point--although she also ages slowly (at all?) and that doesn't seem to be the case with him, so I'm leaning toward that not being the case. And I'm hoping it's not the case, as well. I think the idea of a relatively normal human being (apart from the bionic arm) attempting to fill the shoes of somewhat-superhuman Captain America is a lot more interesting than if it turns out he's got a chemical advantage as well.
- Sharon is also awesome. But I have no idea how she is going to get herself out of the situation she's in on the last page.
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